The Director of the Corporate Tax Area, Carlos Tapia, together with Corporate Tax Attorney Miguel Bissieres and the Southern Region Partner, Renato Estay, prepared and guided more than 50 members of the Association of Agricultural Entrepreneurs of the Llanquihue Province regarding these new regulations.
This Wednesday, August 14, the Legal team of CCL Auditores Consultores, together with the Southern Region Partner Renato Estay, held an informational talk titled “Karin Law and Economic and Environmental Crimes Law: Implications for the Agricultural Sector” for the Association of Agricultural Entrepreneurs of the Llanquihue Province (Agrollanquihue) in the city of Puerto Varas.
More than 50 people gathered at the Cooprinsem Auditorium in Puerto Varas to listen to the different presentations. The first speaker was CCL Corporate Tax Attorney Miguel Bissieres, who addressed Law No. 21,643, the Karin Law, which aims to ensure safe workplaces free from harassment by establishing the obligation to prevent actions that go against this objective.
In his presentation, Bissieres stated that “the law regulates and establishes that labor relations must always be based on treatment free from violence, compatible with the dignity of the person and with a gender perspective. It adds that this implies adopting measures aimed at promoting equality and eradicating discrimination based on gender. It defines as conduct contrary to this ideal sexual harassment, workplace harassment, and workplace violence exercised by third parties outside the employment relationship.”
Then, it was the turn of attorney and Director of the Corporate Tax Area at CCL, Carlos Tapia, who presented on Law No. 21,595 on Economic Crimes, which systematizes economic crimes and offenses against the environment and, among other provisions, expands the criminal liability of legal entities.
During the presentation, the director explained that “the Economic Crimes Law establishes an autonomous system for determining and substituting penalties involving deprivation of liberty for perpetrators of crimes committed within an economic context. In this regard, a differentiated system of modifying circumstances of criminal liability is created, the possibility of applying probation is eliminated, and conditional suspension of the sentence is limited. Additionally, partial house arrest, partial confinement in special facilities, and effective imprisonment will be applied, all of which represent a significant difference from the traditional system of our Criminal Code.”
At the close, the Southern Region Partner of CCL Auditores Consultores, Renato Estay, addressed the attendees and speakers with the following words: “For us at CCL Southern Region, it was important to have the support of our Legal Area partners from Santiago on the Karin Law and the Economic Crimes Law, respectively. In my case, I had the opportunity to engage in the presentations and translate these concepts into practical applications within the agro-industrial sector, including dairy, livestock, fruit, and crop production companies. It was an extensive session of nearly four hours of discussion, very dynamic and with strong participation from Agrollanquihue, making it an excellent experience to deliver this talk to all its members.”